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Phillip Fulmer likes everything he sees from Tennessee's athletic program these days.
The former Vols football coach remains confident in Butch Jones' ability to return the football team back to the top of the SEC. He is encouraged by the energy and enthusiasm with which Rick Barnes' men's basketball team plays and firmly believes Holly Warlick was the right person to replace Pat Summitt as coach of the Lady Vols.
The question is whether Fulmer would like to be in charge of the program.
Tennessee will need a new boss when current athletics director Dave Hart retires this summer, and Fulmer has made it clear he would like to be considered for the position.
"I have really enjoyed getting involved with Dr. (Joe) DiPietro on the President's Council and doing some things with him," Fulmer said of the university's president. "They've got a process (in hiring an athletics director) in place and I'm just anxious to see what that process brings."
When asked on the local radio show "Jared & The GM" earlier this week what he thought about listeners who called in saying he should be the Vols AD, Fulmer said, "I think they're pretty smart."
Fulmer has kept close tabs on the Vols athletic program since learning last summer that Hart, who was hired in 2011, was leaving.
"We're at a unique time at Tennessee in our history," Fulmer said. "We've been through some really tough issues. Butch has done a great job with the football team. I love Rick Barnes and watching his kids play basketball. Talent-wise he hasn't had time to get it to where he wants it to be, but they play so hard and they're fun to watch. And I've known Hollysince she was a kid."
Knoxville News Sentinel columnist Mike Strange has written about Fulmer as a possible candidate for the athletics director's position along with several others, including Chattanooga AD David Blackburn, who served as director of football operations on Fulmer's staff at Tennessee, and former Vols defensive back Charles Davis.
"To me this is a very important time in our history to, not just creep back to the top, but jump back to the top," Fulmer said. "And I think we have a chance to do that."
Could Tennessee Vols' next AD be Phillip Fulmer?
The former Vols football coach remains confident in Butch Jones' ability to return the football team back to the top of the SEC. He is encouraged by the energy and enthusiasm with which Rick Barnes' men's basketball team plays and firmly believes Holly Warlick was the right person to replace Pat Summitt as coach of the Lady Vols.
The question is whether Fulmer would like to be in charge of the program.
Tennessee will need a new boss when current athletics director Dave Hart retires this summer, and Fulmer has made it clear he would like to be considered for the position.
"I have really enjoyed getting involved with Dr. (Joe) DiPietro on the President's Council and doing some things with him," Fulmer said of the university's president. "They've got a process (in hiring an athletics director) in place and I'm just anxious to see what that process brings."
When asked on the local radio show "Jared & The GM" earlier this week what he thought about listeners who called in saying he should be the Vols AD, Fulmer said, "I think they're pretty smart."
Fulmer has kept close tabs on the Vols athletic program since learning last summer that Hart, who was hired in 2011, was leaving.
"We're at a unique time at Tennessee in our history," Fulmer said. "We've been through some really tough issues. Butch has done a great job with the football team. I love Rick Barnes and watching his kids play basketball. Talent-wise he hasn't had time to get it to where he wants it to be, but they play so hard and they're fun to watch. And I've known Hollysince she was a kid."
Knoxville News Sentinel columnist Mike Strange has written about Fulmer as a possible candidate for the athletics director's position along with several others, including Chattanooga AD David Blackburn, who served as director of football operations on Fulmer's staff at Tennessee, and former Vols defensive back Charles Davis.
"To me this is a very important time in our history to, not just creep back to the top, but jump back to the top," Fulmer said. "And I think we have a chance to do that."
Could Tennessee Vols' next AD be Phillip Fulmer?